Raúl Castells

He is the leader of an organization called "Independent Movement for the Retired and Unemployed" (in Spanish, Movimiento Independiente de Jubilados y Desocupados, MIJD), a piquetero group.

He has been detained a number of times under the administration of President Néstor Kirchner; he and his supporters have protested that he is being subject to political persecution.

A 'warts-and-all portrait of a man driven to change the world and a frightening insight into the politics of poverty.

'[3]In the beginning of March 2006, Castells was given permission to open a community kitchen for poor people at Puerto Madero, the most expensive and wealthy neighbourhood in the city.

[4] The project has proven controversial, with concerns about the influx of large numbers of impoverished people expressed by some local businessowners.